Improvement in running-gears of wagons



A. LEWIS.

Running- Ge ars of Wagons.

Patented June 3,1873.

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ANDREW LEWIS, 0E MINNEAPcLIs,MINNEsoTA.

IMPROVEMENT IN RUNNING-SEARS OF WAGONS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 139,588, dated June 3, 1873; application filed December 17, 1572.

To all whom it may concern:

Be i: known that I, ANDREW LEWIS, of Minneapolis, in the county of Hennepin, in the State of Minnesota, have made certain lmprovements in Wagons, of which the following is a specification:

The object of this invention is to produce a more perfect means of coupling the forward and hind axles of a wagon together, and allow them to have greater freedom of lateral play with relation to each other, and at the same time preserve their connection with each other; and it consists in the construction of the parts, and their combination with each other, to effect the object, as will more fully hereinafter be described.

In the drawings, Figure 1 represents a top or plan view of wagon-gear; Fig. 2, a side view of the same; and Eig. .'5 a modification of the same invention.

A A represent the axles; a c, the formal braces to attach the tongue B to; a o', metal braces from the forward bolster to the reach or perch. C is the forward part of the-reach or perch, secured at its forward end between the forward bolster and axle by the king-bolt b that passes through the bolster-reach U and forward axle A, and by bolting the curved braces c at to the rea-ch, and their ends to the bolster and axle, prevents the reachU from getting out of position with relation to the axle A. C is the hind or rear part of the reach or perch 5 and is secured to the axle A by the bolt b and braces c c, which keeps the reach C in proper position. D and D are metal wheels or fifth-wheels. WVheel D is secured to the under side of the rear or hind part C of the reach, and wheel D is secured to the upper side ofthe forward part C of the reach, and all are secured together by the bolt d, which passes through the forward end of part C', through the center of wheels D'and D and through part U, when it is secured by screw-nut or other fastening, as may be desired. The forward part U of the reach extends back further than where the two parts G and C are connected by wheels D and D together, and passes through an open link, e, that is secured to the under side of part C of the reach, which holds the rear end ofpart G ofthe reach from falling', and will also limit the vibration of the tbrwarda-xle in the turning around ofthe wagon.

big. shows a mooincation of the construction, but preserves the principle of operation, as applied to constructing each part of the reach in two sepa-rate parallel pieces, and the connecting lifth-wheels applied in the same manner and effecting the same result.

This inode of constructing the gear of a wagon allows thc wagon to be turned around in a much shorter circle than can be done where the reach is whole and extends from the forward to the near axle, and all the vibration is upon `the king-bolts and the usually constructed fifth-wheels, as seen in Fig. 3.

Having thus 4described my invention, what l claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. The combination `of wheels D and D with the parts C and U' of areach or perch of a wagon, constructed to operate substantially in the manner and for the purpose described.

2. The combination of the parts C and C', wheels D and D', with 'the link c, substantially as and for the purpose described.

hi ANDREW Xs LEWIS.

. mark. Witnesses:

i CEAS. H. WooDs,

ROBERT S. BRYANT. 

